Business at Elizabeth Fisher’s Lizzie Bee’s Flower Shop in Richardson has skyrocketed amid the wedding boom that followed a wave of postponements during the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, she had three interviews lined up with potential hires to help her 11-year-old business keep up with demand.
None of them showed up.
“We had to hire someone for hiring because it was taking up so much of my time,” Fisher said.
The eight million small businesses in the U.S. have dealt with two years of pandemic effects on their livelihoods. Before they could come up for air, they’ve been hit with an ongoing trifecta of challenges: hiring and retaining talent, rising inflation and supply chain shortages.
Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, met with North Texas small business owners like Fisher during a roundtable at her flower shop Wednesday to talk about how they’re coping with the challenges.
The event was hosted by Goldman Sachs…
